MUSIC FROM ANTIQUITY - ANCIENT GREEK MELODY!

	Duration: 03:19 minutes Upload Time: 2006-12-28 09:19:11 User: Klezfiddle1 :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: A short rendition of one of the precious few fragments of surviving ancient Greek music! This haunting, almost dream-like fragment of melody was found on papyrus & is catalogued as "Anonymous, Bellermann 97-104". It is played here,on a lyre closley resmebling the ancient Greek Kithara;the larger wooden lyre favoured by the professional musicians of ancient Greece(the lyre is in fact,a replica of a Jewish Temple lyre,depicted on a Jewish coin from 135CE - it is almost identical to the Kithara). I have uploaded another version of the same melody on Youtube,(which I have entitled "FRAGMENT OF ANCIENT GREEK MELODY")using a different lyre,(the Jewish "Nevel" harp) which tonally resembles the sound of the ancient Greek Lyre(the lyre made with a turtle shell resonator,over which there was stretched a membrane of taut animal hide). I heared this lovely melody for the first time,on the CD "Musique de la Grece Antique"(track 13). What a terrible tragedy,that of all the amazing cultures of ancient civilizations,so few fragments of their original melodies and music from antiquity have been preserved... Please see my detailed article about this somewhat unique musical experiment: http://klezfiddle1.spaces.live.com/blog/ NB this home-spun little musical experiment is by NO means meant as some pompous "academic" reconstruction - I'm just a humble self-taught musician with an interest in ancient music,NOT some know-it-all "boffin"!;o)
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MysterEy1 ::: Favorites  2007-01-16 14:57:26 This one is wonderful. Wunderbar. Yasou! __________________________________________________
triplesharp ::: Favorites  2007-02-01 07:01:23 A beautiful and haunting piece. The instrument has a nice resonant sound. __________________________________________________
TeflonGod ::: Favorites  2007-02-21 17:49:54 Beautiful. __________________________________________________
carsalcyril ::: Favorites  2007-02-23 09:11:03 WRAIOS __________________________________________________
radia333 ::: Favorites  2007-03-13 14:43:49 Magnificent melody - Ancient Greece truly was an incredible civilization __________________________________________________
midwest26 ::: Favorites  2007-04-20 00:52:11 Not my kind of music, but it is nice. __________________________________________________
babbola ::: Favorites  2007-04-23 16:55:39 its beautiful __________________________________________________
DhanishtaDevi ::: Favorites  2007-05-06 10:44:44 This music is also beautiful to listen to and I have favourited this one as well as the other oldest melody. Thank you for directing me here. Its a real pleasure. please give us some more of your ancient melodies. __________________________________________________
azxd333 ::: Favorites  2007-05-14 12:59:27 amazing..do you know the composer? __________________________________________________
Klezfiddle1 ::: Favorites  2007-05-14 16:25:56 This fragment of melody was found on papyrus,& was written some time in Antiquity by an anonymous Greek composer. It is catalogued simply as "Anonymous, Bellermann 97-104". It is so tragic, that all that remains of the once magnificent musical culture of ancient Greece,are just a pitiful few tantalizing remnants like this one - all that amazing beauty, forever lost... __________________________________________________
azxd333 ::: Favorites  2007-05-15 10:43:36 well its still amazing and thank you for sharing it.i also liked the "ARABA TANTZ". you should try and make an original turtle shell "kithara",i wonder how it would sound. __________________________________________________
Klezfiddle1 ::: Favorites  2007-05-15 10:56:03 The ancient Greek lyre made from a turtle shell is in fact called a "Lyra" - sadly,there was not a pet store I could find who would donate to me a turtle for the purposes of TOTAL authenticity;o) I have,however,uploaded several clips of ancient Greek music on a lyre with a skin soundboard,which is tonally similar to the Lyra - check out my upload of "The First Delphic Hymn to Apollo",from c.138BC! __________________________________________________
GonzaloJerez ::: Favorites  2007-05-17 11:58:45 It is really amazing. I wanted to know lyra´s playing. Do you know how I could get one? Yours. __________________________________________________
Klezfiddle1 ::: Favorites  2007-05-17 18:19:08 I got my Kinnor Lyre after a quick search on Ebay! The Early Music Shop in Bradford,UK, stocks them for only £140...amazing value. __________________________________________________
GonzaloJerez ::: Favorites  2007-05-17 18:24:59 Ok, thank you. I´ll continue seeing your videos. Anyway, thank your for share it and make it public. __________________________________________________